Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

The 2006 Act had a convoluted requirement from an evidential point of view to prove participation. What we have decided to do, as a result of the fact that few or no charges had been proffered under section 70, is to look again at the proofs that would be required with regard to participation. It must also be remembered that we have added an additional offence of directing a criminal organisation.

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